July 16, 2010

Wax Carving Jewelry

Here's a little peek into my life of an Etsy crafter in NYC.

Wax carving. It's something I never thought I could do, yet it's one of the fundamental ways you can create a fluid-looking-3-dimensional piece of jewelry. I was never any good at working with clay or even carving Ivory soap bars on Girl Scout camping trips in 5th grade. Even now I am surprised when I'm finished carving a piece and that it actually turns out looking like what I intended it to. I should have gotten over that by now, but that's another story for another blog.

Here's a piece that I carved in March. It took me about 3 1/2 hours to carve it, but I had to take little breaks in between. Usually when I start swearing I know it's time to walk away from my bench.